Citrix DaaS™

Monitor MCS-provisioned machines in Search > Hardware view

December 8, 2025

Contributed by:

This article guides you through how to view MCS-provisioned machines and their properties using the Hardware view within the Search node.

Learn about the hardware view

The hardware view within the Search node displays your MCS-provisioned machines and their critical properties, including machine security settings, network details, images, and machine profile details.

Callout	Area	Description
A	Search bar	Provides a quick search and a filter-based search that allows you to define complex search criteria. For more information, see Search for machines. Tip: Use filters to quickly narrow down machines by specific properties. For example, combine Pending Image Update = Yes and Identity Type = ActiveDirectory to view all Active Directory machines that are pending image updates.
A	Search bar
B	Switch to Default view	Switch from Hardware view to Default view.
C	Main view	Displays your MCS-provisioned machines and their critical properties. You can customize the view by selecting the Column to display icon. For more information about available columns, see Machine columns.
D	Details pane	Displays detailed information for the selected machine.
E	List-level actions	Displays actions that you can perform on the entire displayed list: Export icon: Export the list of machines displayed in the main view to a CSV file. Column to display icon: Customize the main view for the list.

Reference: Machine columns

This table lists all columns in Hardware view and their descriptions.

Column	Description
Name	The DNS host name of the machine.
Provisioning Scheme Name	The name of the provisioning scheme used to provision the machine.
CPU Cores	The number of CPU cores allocated to the machine.
Memory (MB)	The amount of memory (in MB) allocated to the machine.
Persistency	Indicates whether the machine’s disk and data persist across restarts.
Identity Type	The identity type of the machine.
Pending Image Update	Indicates whether the VM image for the machine is outdated and due to be updated to a new image at the machine’s next reboot.
Last Boot Time (UTC)	The date and time (in UTC) when the machine was last started.
Use WBC	Indicates whether the machine is configured with WBC (aka MCSIO).
WBC Disk Size (GB)	The MCSIO disk-cache size of the machine.
WBC Memory Size (MB)	The MCSIO memory-cache size of the machine.
Identity Provider	The identity provider of the machine.
Activation Type	Valid only for Windows VDAs. The Windows license activation type of the machine. Values include: Unsupported VDA, Key Management Service, Multiple Activation Key, and Not valid.

The official version of this content is in English. Some of the Cloud Software Group documentation content is machine translated for your convenience only. Cloud Software Group has no control over machine-translated content, which may contain errors, inaccuracies or unsuitable language. No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made as to the accuracy, reliability, suitability, or correctness of any translations made from the English original into any other language, or that your Cloud Software Group product or service conforms to any machine translated content, and any warranty provided under the applicable end user license agreement or terms of service, or any other agreement with Cloud Software Group, that the product or service conforms with any documentation shall not apply to the extent that such documentation has been machine translated. Cloud Software Group will not be held responsible for any damage or issues that may arise from using machine-translated content.

Was this helpful

Monitor MCS-provisioned machines in Search > Hardware view

December 8, 2025

Contributed by:

December 8, 2025

Contributed by:

Monitor MCS-provisioned machines in Search > Hardware view

Learn about the hardware view

Reference: Machine columns

In this article